muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarجَعْلٌ جَعَلٌ
Core sense — he made it; he created it; he set about, or began, doing a thinggenerated
1.1he made a thing—اجتعل
maṣdar جَعْلٌ, جُعْلٌ, جَعَالَةٌ, جِعَالَةٌ and مَجْعَلٌ.
He made a thing; the synonym is صَنَعَ, but the word is wider in meaning than فَعَلَ and صَنَعَ and their equivalents. Er-Rāghib.
Both verbs mean the same.
1.1.1He has made for you, of, or from, yourselves, wives—جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا
[And He has made for you, of the mountains, places of retreat]—وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الجِبَالِ أَكْنَانًا
Places of retreat such as caves and houses or chambers cut out of the rock: so explained by Bd.
on this sense He made a thing of, or from, a thing.
Qur’ān 16:72 approximate — somewhere between 16:34 and 16:84 Lane cites “Kur xvi. 74”
Qur’ān 16:81 approximate — somewhere between 16:34 and 16:84 Lane cites “Kur xvi. 83”
Qur’ān 16:72 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم بَنِينَ وَحَفَدَةً وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ ۚ أَفَبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ هُمْ يَكْفُرُونَAnd Allah has made for you mates (and companions) of your own nature, and made for you, out of them, sons and daughters and grandchildren, and provided for you sustenance of the best: will they then believe in vain things, and be ungrateful for Allah's favours?-Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.1.2And has created, or brought into being, the darknesses and the light—وَجَعَلَ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورِ
[And We have created of water, or the seminal fluid, everything living]—وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ المَآءِ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَىٍّ
[And He created for you the ears and the eyes and the hearts]—وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَ الأَبْصَارَ وَالأَفْئِدَةَ
on this sense He created; brought into being, or existence.
digitisation corrected وَجَعَلَ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورِ for وَچَعَلَ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورِQur'an 6:1, وَجَعَلَ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورَ. چ for ج, in the headword's own root.
Qur’ān 6:1 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur vi. 1”
Qur’ān 21:30 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xxi. 31”
Qur’ān 16:78 approximate — somewhere between 16:34 and 16:84 Lane cites “Kur xvi. 80”
Qur’ān 6:1 Lane quotes this verse
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ وَٱلنُّورَ ۖ ثُمَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَPraise be Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and made the darkness and the light. Yet those who reject Faith hold (others) as equal, with their Guardian-Lord.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.1.3[He will make, or prepare, for him a way of escape, or safety]—يَجْعَلُ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا
[He will make, or prepare, for him an easy state of his circumstances]—يَجْعَلُ لَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ يُسْرًا
That is, He will make his circumstances, or his case, easy for him.
on this sense He made, or prepared.
Qur’ān 65:4 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur lxv. 2”
Qur’ān 65:4 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur lxv. 4”
Qur’ān 65:4 Lane quotes this verse
وَٱلَّـٰٓـِٔى يَئِسْنَ مِنَ ٱلْمَحِيضِ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمْ إِنِ ٱرْتَبْتُمْ فَعِدَّتُهُنَّ ثَلَـٰثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَٱلَّـٰٓـِٔى لَمْ يَحِضْنَ ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰتُ ٱلْأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَن يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِهِۦ يُسْرًاSuch of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, for them the prescribed period, if ye have any doubts, is three months, and for those who have no courses (it is the same): for those who carry (life within their wombs), their period is until they deliver their burdens: and for those who fear Allah, He will make their path easy.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.1.4[And He has made me a prophet]—وَجَعَلْنِى نَبِيًّا
he made him superintendent, or the like, over it; he set him, or appointed him, over it—جَعَلَهُ عَلَيْهِ
A phrase with a word left out.
[He made that which was bad to become good]—جَعَلَ القَبِيحَ حَسَنًا
on this sense He made, meaning he made to be, or become; he constituted; he appointed. In this sense it takes two objects.
1.1.5Who has made the earth for you to be as a bed—الَّذِ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَرْضَ فِرَاشًا
And has made the moon, in them (the heavens), to be as a light—وَجَعَلَ القَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا
Truly We have made it an Arabic Qur-án—إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا
So some say of this verse.
on this sense He made a thing to be in a particular state or condition.
Qur’ān 2:22 approximate — somewhere between 2:21 and 2:23 Lane cites “Kur ii. 20”
Qur’ān 71:16 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur lxxi. 15”
Qur’ān 43:3 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xliii. 2”
Qur’ān 2:22 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِرَٰشًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَWho has made the earth your couch, and the heavens your canopy; and sent down rain from the heavens; and brought forth therewith Fruits for your sustenance; then set not up rivals unto Allah when ye know (the truth).Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.1.6[We made their upper part to be their lower part]—جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا
[And do you make the thanks you should render for your sustenance to be that you charge the Giver of it with falsehood]—وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ
[He made a thing to be in an altered, or changed, state or condition]; that is, the verb also means changing a thing from its state or condition.
By attributing it to the stars called أَنْوَآء: so explained by Bd and Jel.
Qur’ān 11:82 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xi. 84”
Qur’ān 11:82 Lane quotes this verse
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍWhen Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer,-Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.1.7God has pronounced the prayers that are made obligatory to be five—جَعَلَ ٱللّٰهُ الصَّلَوَاتِ المَفْرُوضَاتِ خَمْسًا
He pronounced a thing by a true judgment or decision, or as a legal ordinance. Er-Rāghib.
A saying of the Legislator.
[Who pronounced the Qur-án to be lies, or enchantment, and the like]—الَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا القُرْآنَ عِضِينَ
And he pronounced a thing by a false judgment or decision, or according to his own opinion, heretically. Er-Rāghib.
Lane cites “Kur xv. 91” — Flügel numbering, not yet mapped
1.1.8[And they have called the angels, who are the servants of the Compassionate, females]—وَجَعَلُوا المَلَائِكَةَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عِبَادُ الرَّحْمٰنِ إِنَاثًا
Or, as some say, the meaning is: they have described them as, and pronounced them to be, females; as one says in the following.
[Such a one described Zeyd as, and pronounced him to be, the most learned of men]—جَعَلَ فُلَانٌ زَيْدًا أَعْلَمَ النَّاسِ
[And they hold, or believe, God to have daughters]—وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلّٰهِ البَنَاتِ
Or the meaning is: they hold, or believe, them to be females, as the verb does here. This may also be rendered: and they attribute daughters to God.
I asserted Zeyd to be related to you [as a brother; or I called Zeyd your brother]—جَعَلْتُ زَيْدًا أَخَاكَ
on this sense He called, or named, a thing.
Qur’ān 43:19 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xliii. 18”
Qur’ān 43:19 Lane quotes this verse
وَجَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عِبَـٰدُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ إِنَـٰثًا ۚ أَشَهِدُوا۟ خَلْقَهُمْ ۚ سَتُكْتَبُ شَهَـٰدَتُهُمْ وَيُسْـَٔلُونَAnd they make into females angels who themselves serve Allah. Did they witness their creation? Their evidence will be recorded, and they will be called to account!Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.1.9[He thought El-Basrah to be Baghdád]—جَعَلَ البَصْرَةَ بَغْدَادَ
[I thought him to be a slave, and so I reviled him]—جَعَلْتُهُ عَبْدًا فَشَتَمْتُهُ
on this sense He thought.
1.1.10Truly We have made it known, and the like, as an Arabic Qur-án—إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا
One explanation of this verse has been given above. Or the meaning is: we have revealed it as such.
He made known, or plain, or clear.
Qur’ān 43:3 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xliii. 2”
Qur’ān 43:3 Lane quotes this verse
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَWe have made it a Qur'an in Arabic, that ye may be able to understand (and learn wisdom).Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.1.11[We have exalted you, or ennobled you, as a nation conforming to the just mean; or just, or equitable, or good]—جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا
Or it may be rendered: we have made you a nation, and so on. Or, as some say, the meaning is: we have called you, or named you, a nation, and so on.
He exalted, or ennobled.
Qur’ān 2:143 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur ii. 137”
Qur’ān 2:143 Lane quotes this verse
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِّتَكُونُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ ٱلرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا ۗ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلْقِبْلَةَ ٱلَّتِى كُنتَ عَلَيْهَآ إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يَتَّبِعُ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِمَّن يَنقَلِبُ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيْهِ ۚ وَإِن كَانَتْ لَكَبِيرَةً إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ ۗ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُضِيعَ إِيمَـٰنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِٱلنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌThus, have We made of you an Ummat justly balanced, that ye might be witnesses over the nations, and the Messenger a witness over yourselves; and We appointed the Qibla to which thou wast used, only to test those who followed the Messenger from those who would turn on their heels (From the Faith). Indeed it was (A change) momentous, except to those guided by Allah. And never would Allah Make your faith of no effect. For Allah is to all people Most surely full of kindness, Most Merciful.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.1.12he put, or threw, one part of it upon another—جَعَلَ بَعْضَهُ فُوْقَ بَعْضٍ
Also, with: he put a thing, or laid it down.
1.1.13They put their fingers into their ears—يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِى آذَانِهِمْ
He inserted a thing into a thing.
1.1.14[And We put into the hearts of those who followed him pity and compassion]—وَجَلْنَا فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةً
He put into the heart, or mind.
1.1.15[I appointed him wages, pay, or a stipend]—جَعَلْتُ لَهُ جُعْلًا
he stipulated with him to give him such a thing for doing such a thing—جَعَلَ لَهُ كَذَا عَلَى كَذَا
he gave wages, pay, or a stipend to another to serve for him in war—جَعَلَ
Used by itself; that is, to serve in his stead.
I gave him wages, pay, or a stipend—أَجْعَلْتُ لَهُ
he gave him wages, pay, or a stipend—أَجْعَلَهُ جُعْلًا
he gave him wages, pay, or a stipend—أَجْعَلَهُ لَهُ
[He gave, or stipulated to give, his people a hundred camels on condition that they should surrender]—جَعَلَ لِقَوْمِهِ مِائَةً مِنَ الإِبِلِ عَلَى أَنْ يُسَلِّمُوا
Said in a tradition.
on this sense [He appointed, or assigned, or stipulated to give, or gave, wages, pay, or a stipend.]
1.2he set about doing such a thing, he became occupied in doing it—جَعَلَ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا
1.2.1
جَعَلَ is also sometimes an intransitive verb, counted among the verbs of approaching.
As in the saying:
shāhidوَقَدْ جَعَلْتُ إِذَا مَا قُمْتُ يُثْقِلُنِىثَوْبِى فَأَنْهَضُ نَهْضَ الشَّارِبِ الثَّّمِلِ
[And I was beginning to be, or was at the point of being, in such a state that, when I rose, my garment weighed heavily on me, so that I stood up as the intoxicated drinker stands up].
1.3the water had many جِعْلَان in it—جَعِلَ
maṣdar جَعَلٌ and اجعل.
It is the plural of جُعَلٌ. Or the meaning is: it had dead جِعْلَان in it.
1.3.1he (a boy) was, or became, short and fat—جَعِلَ
. IAar, K.
In the explanation of الجَعَلُ in the CK, القَصِيرُ is wrongly put for القِصَرُ.
1.3.2
And he (a man) persisted, or persisted obstinately; or he persisted in contention or litigation; or he contended, or litigated.
جَعَلٌ is synonymous with لَجَاجٌ.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 306
56:36
فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًاAnd made them virgin - pure (and undefiled), -
78:9
وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًاAnd made your sleep for rest,
78:10
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًاAnd made the night as a covering,
78:13
وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًاAnd placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
87:5
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰAnd then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.
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, aor. جَعَلَ , inf. n. جَعْلٌ (S, Msb, K) and جُعْلٌ and جَعَالَةٌ and جِعَالَةٌ (K) and مَجْعَلٌ , (S, TA,) He made a thing; syn. صَنَعَ ; (Msb, K;) but having a more general signification than فَعَلَ and صَنَعَ and their equivalents [as will be shown by what follows]; (Er-Rághib, TA;) and so اجتعل : (K:) both these verbs signify the same. (S.) He made a thing of, or from, a thing; as in the saying [in the Kur xvi. 74 and xlii. 9], جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا [He hath made for you, of, or from, yourselves, wives]; and [in the Kur xvi. 83] وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الجِبَالِ أَكْنَانًا [And He hath made for you, of the mountains, places of retreat; as caves, and excavated houses or chambers: so explained by Bd]. (TA.) He created; (K, TA;) brought into being, or existence; (TA;) as in the saying [in the Kur vi. 1], وَچَعَلَ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورِ [And hath created, or brought into being, the darknesses and the light]; (K, TA;) and [in the Kur xxi. 31] وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ المَآءِ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَىٍّ [And We have created of water, or the seminal fluid, everything living]; and [in the Kur xvi. 80, &c.,] وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَ الأَبْصَارَ وَالأَفْئِدَةَ [And He created for you the ears and the eyes and the hearts]. (TA.) He made, or prepared; as in the saying [in the Kur lxv. 2], يَجْعَلُ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا [He will make, or prepare, for him a way of escape, or safety]; and [in the Kur lxv. 4] يَجْعَلُ لَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ يُسْرًا [He will make, or prepare, for him an easy state of his circumstances; i. e., will make his circumstances, or case, easy to him]. (TA.) He made; meaning he made to be, or become; he constituted; he appointed; [in which sense it is doubly trans.;] (S, K;) as in the saying in the Kur [xix. 31], وَجَعَلْنِى نَبِيًّا [And He hath made me a prophet]; (S;) [and in the elliptical phrase, جَعَلَهُ عَلَيْهِ He made him to be superintendant, or the like, over it; set him, or appointed him, over it:] and in the phrase, جَعَلَ القَبِيحَ حَسَنًا [He made that which was bad to be, or become, good]. (K.) He made a thing to be in a particular state or condition; as in the saying [in the Kur ii. 20], الَّذِ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَرْضَ فِرَاشًا [Who hath made for you the earth to be as a bed]; and [in the Kur lxxi. 15] وَجَعَلَ القَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا [And hath made the moon, in them (the heavens), to be as a light]; and so, as some say, in the saying [in the Kur xliii. 2], إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا [Verily we have made it an Arabic Kur-án]. (TA.) [He made a thing to be in an altered, or changed, state or condition; i. e.,] the verb signifies also the changing a thing from its state or condition; as in the saying [in the Kur xi. 84 and xv. 74], جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا [We made their upper part to be their lower part]; (K;) and in the words of the Kur [lvi. 81], وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ [And do ye make the thanks that ye should render for your sustenance to be that ye charge with falsehood the Giver thereof by attributing it to the stars called أَنْوَآء as expl. by Bd and Jel]. (TA.) He pronounced (Er-Rághib, K) a thing by a true judgment or decision, (Er-Rághib,) or as a legal ordinance; (K;) as in the saying (of the Legislator, TA), جَعَلَ ٱللّٰهُ الصَّلَوَاتِ المَفْرُوضَاتِ خَمْسًا [God hath pronounced the prayers that are made obligatory to be five] (K.) And He pronounce (Er-Rághib, K *) a thing by a false judgment or decision, (Er-Rághib,) or according to his own judgment, heretically; (K;) as in the saying [in the Kur xv. 91], الَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا القُرْآنَ عِضِينَ [Who pronounced the Kur-án to be lies, or enchantment, &c.]. (Er-Rághib, K.) He called, or named, (S, Msb, K,) a thing; (Msb;) as in the saying [in the Kur xliii. 18], وَجَعَلُوا المَلَائِكَةَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عِبَادُ الرَّحْمٰنِ إِنَاثًا [And they have called the angels, who are the servants of the Compassionate, females]: (S, K:) or, as some say, the meaning is, have described them as, and pronounced them to be, females; like as one says, جَعَلَ فُلَانٌ زَيْدًا أَعْلَمَ النَّاسِ [Such a one described Zeyd as, and pronounced him to be, the most learned of men]: or have held, or believed, them to be females; like as the verb signifies in the saying in the Kur [xvi. 59], وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلّٰهِ البَنَاتِ [And they hold, or believe, God to have daughters: or this may be rendered and they attribute to God daughters]. (TA.) You say also, جَعَلْتُ زَيْدًا أَخَاكَ , meaning I asserted Zeyd to be related to thee [as a brother; or I called Zeyd thy brother]. (K.) He thought; as in the saying, جَعَلَ البَصْرَةَ بَغْدَادَ [He thought El-Basrah to be Baghdád]; (K;) and so in the saying, جَعَلْتُهُ عَبْدًا فَشَتَمْتُهُ [I thought him to be a slave, and consequently I reviled him]. (Ham p. 31.) He made known, or plain, or perspicuous; as in the saying [in the Kur xliii. 2, of which one explanation has been given above], إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا [Verily we have made it known, &c., as an Arabic Kur-án]: (K:) or the meaning is, we have revealed it [as such]. (TA.) He exalted, or ennobled; as in the saying [in the Kur ii. 137], جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا [We have exalted you, or ennobled you, as a nation conforming to the just mean; or just, or equitable, or good]: (K:) [or it may be rendered, we have made you a nation &c.:] or, as some say, the meaning is, we have called you, or named you, a nation &c. (TA.) Also, inf. n. جَعْلٌ , He put, or laid, a thing; or put it, or laid it, down. (K.) And جَعَلَ بَعْضَهُ فُوْقَ بَعْضٍ He put, or threw, one part of it upon another. (K.) He inserted a thing into a thing; as in the Kur [ii. 18], يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِى آذَانِهِمْ [They insert, or put, their fingers into their ears]. (TA.) He put into the heart, or mind; as in the Kur [lvii. 27], وَجَلْنَا فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةً [And we put into the hearts of those who followed him pity and com- passion]. (TA.) [He appointed, or assigned, or stipulated to give, or gave, wages, pay, or a stipend, &c.]. You say, جَعَلْتُ لَهُ جُعْلًا [I appointed him, &c., wages, pay, or a stipend]. (Msb.) And جَعَلَ لَهُ كَذَا عَلَى كَذَا He stipulated with him to give him such a thing for [doing] such a thing. (K.) And جَعَلَ [alone] He gave wages, pay, or a stipend, to another to serve for him in war, i. e., in his stead. (Mgh.) And أَجْعَلْتُ لَهُ I gave to him wages, pay, or a stipend. (S, * Mgh.) And أَجْعَلَهُ جُعْلًا and أَجْعَلَهُ لَهُ , He gave to him wages, pay, or a stipend. (K, TA.) And it is said in a trad., جَعَلَ لِقَوْمِهِ مِائَةً مِنَ الإِبِلِ عَلَى أَنْ يُسَلِّمُوا [He gave, or stipulated to give, to his people, or party, a hundred camels on the condition that they should surrender]. (Mgh.) جَعَلَ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا He set about, began, commenced, took to, or betook himself to, doing such a thing; (K, * TA;) he became occupied in doing such a thing. (TA.) جَعَلَ is also, sometimes, an intrans. verb included among the verbs of appropinquation ( أَفْعَالُ المُقَارَبَةِ ); as in the saying, 1 [And I was beginning to be, or at the point of being, in such a state that, when I rose, my garment heavily burdened me, so that I stood up as stands up the intoxicated drinker]. (K.) وَقَدْ جَعَلْتُ إِذَا مَا قُمْتُ يُثْقِلُنِى | ثَوْبِى فَأَنْهَضُ نَهْضَ الشَّارِبِ الثَّّمِلِ جَعِلَ , (S, K,) aor. جَعَلَ , (K,) inf. n. جَعَلٌ ; (S;) and اجعل ; (K;) It (water) had in it many جِعْلَان , pl. of جُعَلٌ : (S, K:) or had in it dead جِعْلَان . (K.) And جَعِلَ , (TK,) inf. n. جَعَلٌ , (IAar, K, TK,) He (a boy, TK) was, or became, short and fat. (IAar, K. [In the explanation of الجَعَلُ in the CK, القَصِيرُ is erroneously put for القِصَرُ .]) And He (a man, TK) persisted; or persisted obstinately; or persisted in contention, or litigation; or contended, or litigated; جَعَلٌ being syn. with لَجَاجٌ . (IAar, K.)